Introduction

The "Chronicles of William Hone" is a short, weekly program that blends historical perspective with lively readings. Combining poetry, anecdotes and seasonal observations--all of these keeping time with the calendar--this program revives material first collected and published in the 1820s and 30s by English publisher William Hone.

The program, available in three pilot episodes, is available at two sites: http://vincehancock.multiply.com/ (general public) and http://www.prx.org/ (stations/producers).

This blog will serve to provide additional commentary and thoughts about this and related material.

Two links for fans of primary source material:

The William Hone BioText
An excellent introduction to William Hone, with biographical information and resources, etexts (featuring nine full-text works by Hone) and a bibliography/archives section. Created by Kyle Grimes (University of Alabama, Birmingham).

The Every-Day Book, v. 1, online
The complete, searchable text of Hone's 1825 "Every-Day Book." Includes a month-by-month, day-by-day index, along with a parallel index to the engravings. Also created and edited by Kyle Grimes, this site is a treasure.